Help & advice for all teachers and professionals parents and carers 4–11 year olds 11–18 year olds

Sextortion is when someone threatens to share nude images or videos of, or sexual information about, someone online.

Reporting advice for adults and young people. Find out how to report on popular online services.

Key advice for parents and carers including conversation starters

Show an interest and find out what your child enjoys to do online and ask to be shown the things they like to play, look at, or watch.

Setting up parental controls and filters on your home internet can help to avoid age-inappropriate images, videos and websites being seen by your child whilst they are using the Wi-Fi.

It’s important to understand and get to know the tools and safety features on the things your child likes to use.

When it comes to your family's technology use, creating a family agreement is a great place to start, and allows you to have conversations about setting boundaries.

Online safety advice for parents and carers with young children

A page for parents to learn more about video chat and webcams

The use of technology to share intimate or sexual photos or videos of yourself or others